Glareshield for motor vehicles



I Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

. NI-Tao- STATES JOHN P. concern, or wAY-jcaoss; anon-GIL.

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Application nled'Jnnnary 25, 1924. Eerial No. 588,518;

To all 'llfllOflL it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, dorm P. CoLnAN, citizen oft-he United States, residing at \Vaycross, in the county of lVar'e and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glareshields for Motor Vehicles, of which the following is' a specification.

This invention relates to an ii-uproved' glare shield for motor vehicles and seeks.

among other objects, to provide a device which may be mounted upon a vehicle near I he front end thereof in such position that the headlights of an oncomingpar will cause the device to throw a shadow againstthe wind shield of the vehicle in front of the driver to thus protect the driver from the glare of said headlight-s.

The invention seeks, as a further object,

to provide a device wherein the light-screei-i employed may be adjustably elevated to suit the requirements of ditl'ereut cars. 7

And the invention seeks, as a still" fur ther object, to provide a device well adapted for general use and which may be readily installed.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved device applied to a c-onv.cntional motor vehicle.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail elevation of the device, partsbeing shown in section.

33 Figure 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Figure l is a. detail horizontal sectional view on the line of Figure 2, look- 40 ing in the direction of the arrows.

In carrying the invention into cti'ect, I employ a supporting post or standard comprising an upper section 10 and .atu-bular lower section 11 slidably receiving the up per section. At its lower end, the-section 11 terminates in a stud 12 which is threaded to accommodate a nut 13. In use, the device is, as best sh wn in Figure l; of the drawings, mounted at the left hand side of the vehicle between the engine hood and the left front fender and is preferably ar ranged as far forwardly as possible since I have found that: the best results are obtained by I110 l1I lllI1 the device as far as possible in front or the wind shield. As

suggested in Figure 2, a hole may be bored through. the left frame bar of the vehicle chassis as well as through any overlying part to acconunodatethe stud 12 when the nut 13 is applied for rigidly securing the post in upright position. Surrmu- -ding the I section 11 of the post is a collar 1.5 to which is attached a yoke plate 16 and secured to the ends of said. plate are diverging brace rods 17. At their free ends, these rods 05 are bolted or otherwise secured to the left tender of the vehicle, as indicated at 18, and. in order that the brace rods may be positioned to conform to the varying height of the left fenders of ditl'erent vehicles, the

collar 15 is slid-able along the section 11 of the post and is equipped with a set bolt 19 for securing the collar in adjusted position. 1

Arranged upon the section 10 of the post is a light. screen 20 which maybe formed from a piece of colored celluloid or other approved translucent material. and mountof the screen. The-upper end of the section I 10 of the post is slotted to receive the knuckle and extending through the post and through said knuckle is; a bolt 25 H pivotally mounting the screen. Aceordingl-y, the screen may be swung either forwardly or rearwa'rdly when said bolt may be tightened for securing the screen in adjusted position. Furthermore, the section 10 of the post may be adjustably elevated upon the section 11 thereof, so that 100 the light screen may be brought to the desired height with respect. to the vehicle wind shield, and screwed through the post section 11 are set. bolts .26 securing the section 10 in elevated position. Thus, in the glare of the headlights of an approaching ear, the light screen, 20 will be dis nosed to throw a shadow against the ve'hie e wind shield in front of the driver for protecting the eyes of the driver from said glare and it 19.

adjustably I clearly see the roadwa without hindrance by the headlights of t e oncoming car. accordingly rovide a particularly eiii'cient device for the purpose set forth and, as will now be zipp'reciated, a device which may be readily applied,"

Having thus described the invention",

I what I claim is;

1. A glare shield for motor vehicles including a snpportingpost terminating at its lower end in a stud to extend through the frame bar of 11.. vehicle nt'a point adjacent one of the front fenders of the vehicle, means engaged with said -Qtud for seenriin, the post in upright position,mea ns to extend between the upper portion, of the post and an adjacentpart of the vehicle bracing the post, and a light screen carried by the post in a position to cast a shadow against, the vehicle windshield in front; of the drivers seat of the vehicle by the illumination of the headlights of an oncoming car.

2. A glare shield for motor vehicles including a supporting post for attachment to 1 avehicle near the frontgthereof, a collar I surrounding the post, means. for securing the collar in adjneted position vertically of the post, brace rods fixed to the collar and disposed for attachment to an adjacent fender ofth'e yehiele supporting the post in 1! 'upright position, and a light screen carried by the post in a posit-ion to cast a shadow against thevehicle windshield in front of the drivefls seat of the vehicle by the iilumination of' the headlights of a-n oneom- 35 ing car.

3. The combination with a motor vehiclehavingv ll windsl-iield, of an upstanding post fixed to the forwardortion of the vehicle ndju cent one of the rent fenders thereof, 46 4 and a ,lighti sc'reensupported by said post near the level of the windshield and disposed to cal-st a shadew against said windshield infront of the drivers seat of the i 'ehicle by the illumination coming our.

In testimony whereof'faflix my signature.

JOHN 1. COLGAN. [11. 5.]

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